Browning and WordsworthFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004 - 199 pages Wordsworth's poetry was far more influential upon that of Robert Browning than has hitherto been supposed. Browning read Wordsworth from an early age, and became an admirer of much of his work. In particular, Wordsworth's aesthetic beliefs about the poet's role in the world were as important to Browning's own conception of this role as those of Shelley, whose relationship with Browning has been far more extensively discussed. relationship, which can usefully be seen as a struggle on Browning's part to throw off the burden of influence imposed upon him by his Romantic predecessor. It also puts forward more historical and biographical explanations for some of the relationship's complexities, including Browning's awareness of Wordsworth's rising reputation in the late Victorian period and the responsibilities imposed upon him in his later career by his own position as a literary lion. John H. Baker teaches for the Open University and the University of Westminster in London. |
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... turn elsewhere ; as Paracelsus would show , it was to Wordsworth he would turn , and , in particular , to The Excursion . There he found evidence that Words- worth , at least , among the romantics , had 34 BROWNING AND WORDSWORTH.
... turn elsewhere ; as Paracelsus would show , it was to Wordsworth he would turn , and , in particular , to The Excursion . There he found evidence that Words- worth , at least , among the romantics , had 34 BROWNING AND WORDSWORTH.
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... turn to his friend Wordsworth . He condemns Byron and Shelley on humanistic grounds , declaring that their poetry is insufficiently focused on " mankind ” — " [ E ] ither they did not look upon mankind with observant eyes , or they did ...
... turn to his friend Wordsworth . He condemns Byron and Shelley on humanistic grounds , declaring that their poetry is insufficiently focused on " mankind ” — " [ E ] ither they did not look upon mankind with observant eyes , or they did ...
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... turn back on himself , however briefly , in the " Epilogue " ? It is impossible to say for cer- tain , since the circumstances behind the writing of most of Browning's individual poems are unknown ; very little is known , for example ...
... turn back on himself , however briefly , in the " Epilogue " ? It is impossible to say for cer- tain , since the circumstances behind the writing of most of Browning's individual poems are unknown ; very little is known , for example ...
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A NOTE ON Texts 79 | 9 |
WHY BROWNING AND WORDSWORTH? | 15 |
WORDSWORTH AND BROWNINGS REJECTION | 23 |
Copyright | |
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